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diff --git a/doc-src/BackupPC.pod b/doc-src/BackupPC.pod
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--- a/doc-src/BackupPC.pod
+++ b/doc-src/BackupPC.pod
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ appreciated, both positive and negative.
 
 Beyond being a satisfied user and telling other people about it, everyone
 is encouraged to add links to L<http://backuppc.sourceforge.net>
-(I'll see then via Google) or otherwise publicize BackupPC.  Unlike
+(I'll see them via Google) or otherwise publicize BackupPC.  Unlike
 the commercial products in this space, I have a zero budget (in both
 time and money) for marketing, PR and advertising, so it's up to
 all of you!  Feel free to vote for BackupPC at
@@ -745,12 +745,25 @@ L<http://backuppc.sourceforge.net>.  This patch adds the --checksum-seed
 option for checksum caching, and also sends all errors to the client,
 which is important so BackupPC can log all file access errors.
 
-Otherwise, to use SMB, you need to create shares for the data you want
-to backup. Open "My Computer", right click on the drive (eg: C), and
+
+Otherwise, to use SMB, you can either create shares for the data you want
+to backup or your can use the existing C$ share.  To create a new 
+share, open "My Computer", right click on the drive (eg: C), and
 select "Sharing..." (or select "Properties" and select the "Sharing"
 tab). In this dialog box you can enable sharing, select the share name
-and permissions.  Many machines will be configured by default to share
-the entire C drive as C$ using the administrator password.
+and permissions.
+
+All Windows NT based OS (NT, 2000, XP Pro), are configured by default 
+to share the entire C drive as C$.  This is a special share used for 
+various administration functions, one of which is to grant access to backup 
+operators. All you need to do is create a new domain user, specifically 
+for backup. Then add the new backup user to the built in "Backup 
+Operators" group. You now have backup capability for any directory on 
+any computer in the domain in one easy step. This avoids using 
+administrator accounts and only grants permission to do exactly what you 
+want for the given user, i.e.: backup.
+Also, for additional security, you may wish to deny the ability for this 
+user to logon to computers in the default domain policy.
 
 If this machine uses DHCP you will also need to make sure the
 NetBios name is set.  Go to Control Panel|System|Network Identification
@@ -1983,7 +1996,10 @@ is only run when there are no BackupPC_dump or BackupPC_link processes
 running.  Therefore, when it is time to run BackupPC_nightly, no new
 backups are started and BackupPC waits until all backups have finished.
 Then BackupPC_nightly is run, and until it finishes no new backups are
-started.  If BackupPC_nightly is slow, the settings
+started.  If BackupPC_nightly takes too long to run, the settings
+$Conf{MaxBackupPCNightlyJobs} and $Conf{BackupPCNightlyPeriod} can
+be used to run several BackupPC_nightly processes in parallel, and
+to split its job over several nights.
 
 =back
 
@@ -2728,7 +2744,7 @@ See L<http://backuppc.sourceforge.net>.
 
 =head1 Copyright
 
-Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Craig Barratt
+Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Craig Barratt
 
 =head1 Credits